A flower farm worker Jacinta Nafula termed the new medical scheme as the biggest scam as patients were being forced to pay cash at the Level IV hospital.
"Those seeking services at the outpatient wing have to pay in cash and even those admitted in the wards have to buy their own drugs due to the current shortage," she said.
Nafula wondered why the government decided to do away with NHIF for SHIF noting that families were undergoing untold suffering.
Contacted on the phone, the County Executive Committee member for Health Roselyne Mungai attributed the shortage of medical supplies to recent festive holidays.
She was however quick to add that this had been partially resolved after the county procured more supplies and sent them to respective health facilities.
"The biggest challenge we have is the equipment repairs due to funding constraints but the dialysis machine is up and running as we seek solutions to the equipment," she said.